Ligue 1 TV rights: "Mediapro ready to broadcast end of 2019-20 season" (Jaume Roures, Mediapro)

"This decision (by Canal+ and beIN Sports not to pay their April installments for the 2019-20 Ligue 1 Conforama TV rights) is wrong for two reasons. The first is that, at the very least, there are matches that have already been broadcast that have not been paid for. In the current situation, we need to make an effort. The second point is that I can't understand is how Nasser (Al-Khelaïfi, president of Paris Saint-Germain, and also of beIN Media Group) is leading a negotiation in which he is implicated. Moreover, we are willing to take the place of Canal+ and beIN if things don't work out," said Jaume Roures, president and founder of Mediapro, to the French sports daily L'Équipe on 08/04/2020.

"Canal+ and beIN Sports want to take advantage of a bad general situation to avoid fulfilling the minimum of their responsibilities. At the very least, the minimum is to pay for the matches broadcast. I repeat, if the League breaks its ties with beIN and Canal, Mediapro is ready to broadcast the end of the 2019-20 season, even if it is played in June or July," added the president of the Spanish…